Please consider the issues raised in the attached letter to the editor.

Thank you,

Heyward Robinson

Editor,

By law, the City is not allowed to take sides in elections. All
materials provided by the City must consider all important points and
be fair to both sides of the issue. The $150,000 Wise report, which
the Menlo Park City Council accepted last Tuesday, does not meet this
standard.

For example, when analyzing the Initiative's section prohibiting
balconies and rooftops from being considered as open space, the Wise
report ignores the obvious public benefit of requiring developers to
include more open space in their projects. The Report did not analyze
any impacts of pending projects, including the massive and
controversial
proposals from Stanford and Greenheart, nor did it evaluate
against the community's Vision for the Plan area what will happen with
these and other pending projects.

In accepting an admittedly deficient report, in mid-summer with no prior discussion, and no other meetings scheduled, Council gave City's official backing to work known to be inaccurate. This is a great disservice to the voters of Menlo Park who are relying on the City to provide complete, accurate and truthful information for the upcoming ballot measure.
The City should immediately address the report's shortcomings and issue corrections as soon as possible. Not doing so violates the law
and deprives the public of vital information necessary to decide this important issue.